Brush.



1. TIMKO'.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6| 1916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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j 7 INVI/ENTOR. BY Ag? ATTORNEY JOSEPH TIMK, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRUSH.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed November 6, 1916. Serial No. 129,726.

To all whom t may concern.'

lle it known that I, JosErii TIMK. a citizen ot' the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlrushes. of which the following is a specification.

'lhe present invention relates to brushes, and more particularly to thatclass which is used for scrubbing and cleaning floors, walls. ceilings.a-utoinobilcand other carriage-bodies. etc. The invention pertains tothat type of scrubbing brushes which may be called fountain-brushes,that is to say, which are so constructed and connected with a waterspout that a supply of water is furnished through the brush to theobject being scrubbed. i

The main object of the invention is to provide a fountain brush of greatsimplicity of construction, in which the fountain att'achlnents are ofsuch character as to interfere in the least possible degree .with theordinary modes of use of the brush, in which the fountain attachment canbe readily inserted or withdrawn, and in which the fountain attachmentsecuring means serves at the same time to fasten the brush body or backto the handle thereof.

Another object of the invention is to devise a brush of the characterspecified which can he manufactured on a commercial scale, or, in otherwords, one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond thereasonable cost of such a contrivance.

lith these and other objects in view, which -will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement.v and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out yin the appended claim and illustrated in theaccompanyingl drawings, it being understood that many changes may bemade in the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction Within the scope of the appended claim without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated intheaccom,

panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal central Sectiontaken through a. brush, partly in elevation, constructed in accordancewith the present invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof; F ig.3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, on a larger scale; Fig. t isa side elevation of a modification of the invention, partly in sectiong'and Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral10 indicates the body or back of the brush, which is shown as havingsubstantially the usual and convenient outlines of an ordinary scrubbingbrush. In the underface of the back is formed a longitudinal recess orgroove 11, extending from the rear end of the back toward its front end,but stopping short of the said front end. In this groove is seated awatei-distributing tube 12, closed at its front end 13 and provided inits lower portion with perforat-ions 14. The lower portion of the tubeprojects a little'distance below the underface of the brush-back. To theback are fastened, in any preferred manner. bristles 15,` a plurality ofrows on each side of the water-distributing tube and one or more rows infront of the same. The brush-back is attached to a handle 16 by clips 17which serve at the same time to keep the water-distrilniting tube inposition upon the back. These clips are made in the form of U-shapedmembers, which partly embrace the water-distributing tube, and extendthrough registering holes 18 and 19 in the brush-back and handle,respectively. The ends of the U-shaped clips project beyond the handle16, and are screw-threaded. as shown at 20. \Vith these threads meshnuts 21, that abut against the upper face of the lbrush-handle.

'ith the water-distrilniting tube is connected a supply pipe 22.preferably a exible hose, which leads to a water-spout or faucet. Forcontrolling the fiow of the water through the flexible hose. aspringpressed throttling means is provided. This means comprises asuitable 4bent strip 23, provided with upwardly extending lugs 24, whichare fastened by a pivot pin 25 to the brush-handle. The front end of thestrip Q3 is provided with guiding projections 26, which extendsubstantially at right-angles to the body of the strip and abut againstopposite sides of the brushhandle. Upon the rear portion of the strip 23is provided a spring 27 whichis, in the case illustrated in -thedrawings,

shown as being made integral with the lwith the hose, permitting thewater to flow lows: l'hen in use, tlie hose 22 is securedfV to a faucetor other sultable water supply,f

'and the flow of the water therethrough may be easily controlled by thestrip Q3. TheI operator grasps the brush handle and, by drawing the rearend of the strip 23 against the handle. removes the front end of thestrip from clamping engagement into the (listributingitube and outthrough the perforations thereof onto the object be- Y ing scrubbed orcleaned. A's soon as pressure is released from the strip 23, the spring217 forces the strip against the handle and closes the passage throughthe hose. It is to be observed that the operator 'is in a'position tocontrol the amount of" water flowing through the hose.

The. device can be easily assembled, the back, handle andwater-distributing tube beinglheld togethereby the clips 17, which canbe conveniently put into place for clamping the parts together. If thebristles wear; ol'l, it is necessary to replace the brush-back only, asthe other parts of the contrivance do not wear and can be readilyapplied to a new back.

Attention is called to the fact that the How of the water through thewater-distributing tube is unobstructed, for the reason that. thebristles of the brush are located only on the sides and in front of saidtube.

A modification of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of thedrawings. In this ease the brush-back and bristles resemble that oi' anordinary paint brush, and are to be used at places where with abrush-back of the character above described access cannot be had. Thebrush body is denoted bythe numeral 28 and its bristles by the numeralQ9. Through the body extends a longitudinal bore 30, within which isdisposed a water-distributing tube ,control the flow of water.

31, that provided in its lower end with pcrforations The tube extendsfasubstantial distance below the body and is surrounded by the bristles ina manner that the flow of the Ywater therethrough is unobstructed. YTheupper end of the water= distributing tube projects above the brushbody,and is provided 'with a cock 33 to A flexible water supply hose 92 VVisconnected with the tube 3l. A liandlesL is attached to the brushbody,and extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the said body.The connecting means comprises two 'jaws 35 and 36, which arehinged'ltogether at 37. The jaw 35 stationary, that is to say, it isrigidly connected with the handle, for instance, by means of nails 38.The jaw 36, on the other hand, ismovabie around the hinge 37, and isheld clamping posi tion by a bolt 39 and a wing-nut 40. The bolt 35.)extends through the handle and through a slot 4l in the movable jaw. Thetwojaws partly encircle the brush body, as clearly shown in Fig. 5pt thedrawings. Upon the movablejaw is formed'V a' lug 42, which projects,when the movable jaw is in its clamping position, through a slot 43 inthe brush body and engages the waterdistributing tube 31. In this mannerthe water-distributing tube is held in position upon the brush-back. Inother Jvords, the body, handle anddistributing tube of the brush areconnected by a single means, in theV same manner as the correspondingelements of the device shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive.

The operation of this device is obvious from the Vforegoing.

YlVhat I claim is:

In a. device of the character described, the combination with a brushback having Vva longitudinal groove in its undertace, of

a perforated water distributing tube disposed within said groove, ahandle, and l-sh'aped clips partly embracing said tube and extendingthrough said back and handle, the ends of said clips projecting beyondsaid handle and being screw-threaded, and nuts meshing with the threadsor" said clips and abutting against the upper face of said handle.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 17th day of October, A. D. 1916.

JOSEPH TIMKo.

